Cobbled together in an aimless manner by a dinosaur aviator who misses the past, enjoys the present and tries to ignore the future……
Mike Feeney of Hamilton, New Zealand.

CONTENTS.

a)  Editor’s preamble;
b)  New Zealand accident summary;
c)  Know about aircraft. # 05. The Ilyshin Il-2 Sturmovik;
d)  Know about aircraft. # 06;
e)  Supplement on engine options for the Beech 17 Staggerwing;
f)  “If it looks right, it will fly right.”;
g)  World War Two aviation statistics. Aircraft production;
h)  QUIZ and Tutorial. # 07: Have had to defer this segment until Wingspread # 11 as I am way behind with other work stuff. But never fear, our chums in their Cessna 172 will eventually escape fro their predicament; and will have gained some knowledge as they do so.
i)  QUIZ # 08. As for the above in (h).

a)  Editor’s preamble:

Greetings aviation persons. After my mind-numbing discourse(s) in the previous issue, I shall endeavour to exercise a modicum of brevity in order to not tax your attention span excessively.
Our New Zealand weather has remained benign which greatly assisted the running of some quite large aviation events. The annual big balloon gathering here in my home city of Hamilton enjoyed marvellous conditions with flying taking place every morning. In our suburban home we were able to watch many aeronauts drifting across at quite low levels with the local children waving to them and taking photographs of the colourful sight. Continue reading →